diff --git a/src/remoteForWebdav.ts b/src/remoteForWebdav.ts
index 9248b3d..d88c48d 100644
--- a/src/remoteForWebdav.ts
+++ b/src/remoteForWebdav.ts
@@ -290,8 +290,8 @@ export const deleteFromRemote = async (
 };
 
 export const checkConnectivity = async (client: WrappedWebdavClient) => {
-  await client.init();
   try {
+    await client.init();
     const results = await getRemoteMeta(client, "/");
     if (results === undefined) {
       return false;
diff --git a/src/settings.ts b/src/settings.ts
index af0d2da..708fa84 100644
--- a/src/settings.ts
+++ b/src/settings.ts
@@ -809,7 +809,9 @@ export class RemotelySaveSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
           if (res) {
             new Notice("Great! The webdav server can be accessed.");
           } else {
-            new Notice("The webdav server cannot be reached.");
+            new Notice(
+              "The webdav server cannot be reached (possible to be any of address/username/password/authtype/CORS errors)."
+            );
           }
         });
       });